STATE v. STRODE


232 S.W.3d 1 (2007)

STATE of Tennessee v. Danny STRODE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

August 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia A. LeCroy-Schemel, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Danny Strode.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Jennifer L. Smith, Associate Deputy Attorney General; J. Michael Taylor, District Attorney General; and James W. Pope III, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


May 30, 2007 Session Heard at Cookeville1.

OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and GARY R. WADE, JJ., joined.

In this capital case, we consider whether the State may pursue an interlocutory appeal from a trial court's determination that a defendant is ineligible for the death penalty due to mental retardation. Upon holding that it may...

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